Episodes
| Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham Literature Festival Special | 20170807 | 20170808 | James Walton presents a special edition recorded at 2011's Cheltenham Literature Festival. The radio panel game of literary correctness | ||
| Dorothy Parker | 20130602 | 20180124 (BBC7) 20180125 (BBC7) 20160612 (R4) | James Walton puts his guests' literary knowledge to the test. The radio panel game of literary correctness | ||
| Greek Tragedy | 20130526 | 20180117 (BBC7) 20180118 (BBC7) 20160605 (R4) | With guests Mark Billingham and Natalie Haynes on Greek tragedy. The radio panel game of literary correctness | ||
| Ian Fleming | 20130616 | 20180207 (BBC7) 20180208 (BBC7) | James Walton tests Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Mark Billingham and Natalie Haynes. The radio panel game of literary correctness | ||
| Mark Twain | 20130519 | 20180110 (BBC7) 20180111 (BBC7) | With guest panellists John O'Farrell and Jane Thynne. Author of the Week is Mark Twain. The radio panel game of literary correctness | ||
| William Blake | 20130609 | 20180131 (BBC7) 20180201 (BBC7) 20160522 (R4) | James Walton tests his guests on their literary knowledge. The radio panel game of literary correctness | ||
| 01 | 01 | Jane Austen | 19980731 | 20190103 (BBC7) 20190104 (BBC7) | James Walton quizzes Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Victoria Glendinning and Tracey MacLeod The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 01 | 02 | Raymond Chandler | 19980807 | 20190110 (BBC7) 20190111 (BBC7) | James Walton's literary quiz. The radio panel game of literary correctness The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 01 | 03 | T S Eliot | 19980814 | 20190117 (BBC7) 20190118 (BBC7) | James Walton's literary quiz. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 01 | 04 | Martin Amis | 19980821 | 20190124 (BBC7) 20190125 (BBC7) | James Walton's literary quiz. From August 1998. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 01 | 05 | D H Lawrence | 19980828 | 20190131 (BBC7) 20190201 (BBC7) | James Walton's literary panel quiz. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 01 | 06 LAST | Charles Dickens | 19980904 | 20190207 (BBC7) 20190208 (BBC7) | James Walton chairs the knockabout book quiz. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 02 | 01 | William Shakespeare | 19990707 | 20190509 (BBC7) 20190510 (BBC7) 20190511 (BBC7) | James Walton chairs the literary quiz. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 02 | 02 | Arthur Conan Doyle | 19990714 | 20190516 (BBC7) 20190517 (BBC7) | Literary quiz with Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Tracey Macleod and Philippa Gregory. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 02 | 03 | The Bronte Sisters | 19990721 | 20180103 (BBC7) 20180104 (BBC7) 20190523 (BBC7) 20190524 (BBC7) 20160515 (R4) | James Walton's literary quiz with Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 02 | 04 | James Joyce | 19990728 | 20190530 (BBC7) 20190531 (BBC7) | Literary quiz with Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Lynne Truss and Nigel Williams. The radio panel game of literary correctness The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 02 | 05 | Ernest Hemingway | 19990804 | 20190606 (BBC7) 20190607 (BBC7) | Literary quiz with Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Tracey Macleod and Philippa Gregory. The radio panel game of literary correctness The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 02 | 06 LAST | Oscar Wilde | 19990811 | 20190613 (BBC7) 20190614 (BBC7) | Literary quiz with Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Harry Ritchie and Frank Delaney The radio panel game of literary correctness The radio panel game of literary correctness Literary quiz with Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Harry Ritchie and Frank Delaney The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 03 | 01 | Thomas Hardy | 20000510 | 20190926 (BBC7) 20190927 (BBC7) 20190928 (BBC7) | The radio panel game of literary correctness. With James Walton. The radio panel game of literary correctness. With James Walton. |
| 03 | 02 | Agatha Christie | 20000517 | 20191003 (BBC7) 20191004 (BBC7) | The radio panel game of literary correctness. With James Walton. The radio panel game of literary correctness. With James Walton. |
| 03 | 03 | Geoffrey Chaucer | 20000524 | 20191010 (BBC7) 20191011 (BBC7) | The radio panel game of literary correctness. With James Walton. |
| 03 | 04 | Kingsley Amis | 20000531 | 20191017 (BBC7) 20191018 (BBC7) | The radio panel game of literary correctness. With James Walton. The radio panel game of literary correctness. With James Walton. The radio panel game of literary correctness. With James Walton. |
| 03 | 05 | Samuel Beckett | 20000607 | 20191024 (BBC7) 20191025 (BBC7) | The radio panel game of literary correctness. With James Walton. |
| 03 | 06 LAST | Evelyn Waugh | 20000614 | 20191031 (BBC7) 20191101 (BBC7) | The radio panel game of literary correctness. With James Walton. |
| 04 | 01 | William Wordsworth | 20010411 | 20200123 (BBC7) 20200124 (BBC7) | James Walton's quiz with Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Tracey Macleod and Gary Younge. The radio panel game of literary correctness James Walton's quiz with Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Tracey Macleod and Gary Younge. James Walton's quiz with Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Tracey Macleod and Gary Younge. |
| 04 | 02 | Graham Greene | 20010418 | 20200130 (BBC7) 20200131 (BBC7) | Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Jonathan Myerson and Jane Thynne on the literary quiz. The radio panel game of literary correctness Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Jonathan Myerson and Jane Thynne on the literary quiz. Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Jonathan Myerson and Jane Thynne on the literary quiz. |
| 04 | 03 | Enid Blyton | 20010425 | 20200206 (BBC7) 20200207 (BBC7) | Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Sue Limb and Victoria Coren on the literary quiz The radio panel game of literary correctness Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Sue Limb and Victoria Coren on the literary quiz Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Sue Limb and Victoria Coren on the literary quiz |
| 04 | 04 | John Updike | 20010502 | 20200213 (BBC7) 20200214 (BBC7) | Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Tracey Macleod and Gary Younge on the literary quiz The radio panel game of literary correctness Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Tracey Macleod and Gary Younge on the literary quiz Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Tracey Macleod and Gary Younge on the literary quiz |
| 04 | 05 | Harold Pinter | 20010509 | 20200220 (BBC7) 20200221 (BBC7) | Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Jane Thynne and Jonathan Myerson on the literary quiz. The radio panel game of literary correctness Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Jane Thynne and Jonathan Myerson on the literary quiz. |
| 04 | 06 LAST | John Betjeman | 20010516 | 20200227 (BBC7) 20200228 (BBC7) | Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Victoria Coren and Sue Limb on the literary quiz. The radio panel game of literary correctness Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Victoria Coren and Sue Limb on the literary quiz. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 05 | 01 | Ian Fleming | 20020403 | 20200709 (BBC7) 20200710 (BBC7) 20200711 (BBC7) | Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Nigel Williams and Harry Ritchie on the literary quiz. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 05 | 02 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge | 20020410 | 20200716 (BBC7) 20200717 (BBC7) | Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Stephen Fry and Lynne Truss on the literary quiz. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 05 | 03 | Virginia Woolf | 20020417 | 20200723 (BBC7) 20200724 (BBC7) | Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Russell Davies and Sue Limb on the literary quiz. The radio panel game of literary correctness The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 05 | 04 | Jrr Tolkien | 20020424 | 20200730 (BBC7) 20200731 (BBC7) | Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Harry Ritchie and Nigel Williams on the literary quiz. The radio panel game of literary correctness The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 05 | 05 | Philip Larkin | 20020501 | 20200806 (BBC7) 20200807 (BBC7) | James Walton's literary quiz with special guest Stephen Fry. From May 2002. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 05 | 06 | P G Wodehouse | 20020508 | 20200813 (BBC7) 20200814 (BBC7) | James Walton's literary quiz. Author of the week is P G Wodehouse. From 2002. The radio panel game of literary correctness The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 06 | 01 | George Orwell | 20030402 | 20201105 (BBC7) 20201106 (BBC7) | James Walton's literary quiz. Author of the week is George Orwell. From April 2003. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 06 | 02 | Samuel Johnson | 20030416 | 20201112 (BBC7) 20201113 (BBC7) | James Walton's literary quiz with Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Sue Limb, Joanne Harris. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 06 | 03 | Lewis Carroll | 20030423 | 20201119 (BBC7) 20201120 (BBC7) | James Walton's quiz with Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Louise Doughty and John O'Farrell. The radio panel game of literary correctness James Walton's quiz with Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Louise Doughty and John O'Farrell. |
| 06 | 04 | Jane Austen | 20030507 | 20201203 (BBC7) 20201204 (BBC7) | James Walton's quiz with Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Sue Limb and Joanne Harris. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 06 | 05 | Franz Kafka | 20030430 | 20201126 (BBC7) 20201127 (BBC7) | Literary quiz. Author of the week is Franz Kafka. From April 2003. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 08 | 01 | Raymond Chandler | 20081006 | 20160201 (BBC7) 20160202 (BBC7) | James Walton takes the chair. Guests are Lynne Truss and Mark Billingham. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 08 | 02 | Seamus Heaney | 20160208 | James Walton takes the chair. Guests are Sue Limb and Andrew Motion. The radio panel game of literary correctness | |
| 08 | 02 | Seamus Heaney | 20160209 | ||
| 08 | 03 | 20081020 | 20160215 (BBC7) 20160216 (BBC7) | James Walton takes the chair, flanked by captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh. The radio panel game of literary correctness | |
| 08 | 04 | Jk Rowling | 20081027 | 20160222 (BBC7) | James Walton takes the chair, flanked by captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 08 | 05 | Dh Lawrence | 20081103 | 20160229 (BBC7) 20160301 (BBC7) | James Walton takes the chair, flanked by captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 08 | 06 | Robert Burns | 20081110 | 20160307 (BBC7) 20160308 (BBC7) | James Walton takes the chair, flanked by captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 09 | 01 | Alan Bennett | 20060612 | 20180830 (BBC7) 20180831 (BBC7) 20180901 (BBC7) | James Walton quizzes the panel in the literary quiz show. Team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh with guests Michèle Roberts and Harry Ritchie. The Author of the Week and subject for pastiche is Alan Bennett. Reader: Beth Chalmers. Producer Katie Marsden First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2006. James Walton quizzes Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Michele Roberts and Harry Ritchie. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 09 | 02 | Henry James | 20060619 | 20180906 (BBC7) 20180907 (BBC7) | James Walton quizzes the panel in the literary quiz show. Team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh with guests Peter Kemp and Miles Kington. The Author of the Week and subject for pastiche is Henry James. Reader: Beth Chalmers. Producer Katie Marsden First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2006. James Walton quizzes Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Peter Kemp and Miles Kington. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 09 | 03 | Aa Milne | 20060626 | 20180913 (BBC7) 20180914 (BBC7) | James Walton quizzes the panel in the literary quiz show. Team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh with guests Sue Limb and John O'Farrell. The Author of the Week and subject for pastiche is AA Milne Reader: Beth Chalmers. Producer Katie Marsden First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2006. James Walton quizzes Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Sue Limb and John O'Farrell. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 09 | 04 | Sylvia Plath | 20150623 | 20180920 (BBC7) 20180921 (BBC7) | James Walton quizzes the panel in the literary quiz show. Team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh with guests Michèle Roberts and Harry Ritchie. The Author of the Week and subject for pastiche is Sylvia Plath. Reader: Beth Chalmers. Producer Katie Marsden First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006. James Walton quizzes Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Mich\u00e8le Roberts and Harry Ritchie. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 09 | 05 | Wb Yeats | 20150630 | 20180927 (BBC7) 20180928 (BBC7) | James Walton quizzes the panel in the literary quiz show. Team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh with guests Peter Kemp and Miles Kington. The Author of the Week and subject for pastiche is WB Yeats. Reader: Beth Chalmers. Producer Katie Marsden First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2006. James Walton quizzes Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Peter Kemp and Miles Kington. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 09 | 06 | Thomas Hardy | 20150707 | 20181004 (BBC7) 20181005 (BBC7) | James Walton quizzes the panel in the literary quiz show. Team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh with guests Sue Limb and John O'Farrell. The Author of the Week and subject for pastiche is Thomas Hardy. Reader: Beth Chalmers. Producer Katie Marsden First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006. James Walton quizzes Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Sue Limb and John O'Farrell. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 12 | 01 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | 20100127 | 20160425 (BBC7) 20160426 (BBC7) | James Walton quizzes John Walsh, Lynne Truss, Mark Billingham and John O'Farrell. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 12 | 02 | Irvine Welsh | 20100203 | 20160502 (BBC7) 20160503 (BBC7) | James Walton chairs. With John Walsh, Lynne Truss, Jane Thynne and Christopher Brookmyre. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 12 | 03 | Anton Chekhov | 20100210 | 20160509 (BBC7) 20160510 (BBC7) | James Walton chairs. With John Walsh, Lynne Truss, Peter Kemp and Tibor Fischer. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 12 | 04 | Nancy Mitford | 20100217 | 20160516 (BBC7) 20160517 (BBC7) | James Walton quizzes John Walsh, Lynne Truss, John O'Farrell and Mark Billingham. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 12 | 05 | John Donne | 20100224 | 20160523 (BBC7) 20160524 (BBC7) | James Walton chairs. With John Walsh, Lynne Truss, Jane Thynne and Christopher Brookmyre. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 12 | 06 | Jd Salinger | 20100303 | 20160530 (BBC7) 20160531 (BBC7) | James Walton chairs. With John Walsh, Lynne Truss, Tibor Fischer and Peter Kemp. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 14 | 01 | P G Wodehouse | 20101005 | 20160718 (BBC7) 20160719 (BBC7) | James Walton chairs, with John Walsh, Sebastian Faulks, Francis Wheen and Ian McMillan. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 14 | 02 | Tennessee Williams | 20101012 | 20160725 (BBC7) 20160726 (BBC7) | James Walton on literary correctness with team captains John Walsh and Sebastian Faulks. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 14 | 03 | Marcel Proust | 20101019 | 20160801 (BBC7) 20160802 (BBC7) | James Walton chairs the literary quiz, where the author of the week is Marcel Proust. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 14 | 04 | The Beats | 20101026 | 20160808 (BBC7) 20160809 (BBC7) | James Walton chairs the literary quiz, discussing the famous writers' collective. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 14 | 05 | Stephenie Meyer | 20101102 | 20160815 (BBC7) 20160816 (BBC7) | James Walton hosts the literary quiz, discussing the Twilight author with his guests. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 14 | 06 | Edgar Allan Poe | 20101109 | 20160822 (BBC7) 20160823 (BBC7) | James Walton, his team captains and guests delve into the troubled life of Edgar Allan Poe The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 15 | 01 | Sir John Betjeman | 20120120 | 20170626 (BBC7) 20170627 (BBC7) | James Walton quizzes Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Sir Andrew Motion and Sue Limb. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 15 | 02 | Daniel Defoe | 20120127 | 20170703 (BBC7) 20170704 (BBC7) | The guest panellists are crime writer Mark Billingham and journalist Jane Thynne. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 15 | 03 | Gustave Flaubert | 20120203 | 20170710 (BBC7) 20170711 (BBC7) | James Walton tests Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, John O'Farrell and Alex Clark. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 15 | 04 | Terence Rattigan | 20120210 | 20170717 (BBC7) 20170718 (BBC7) | The guest panellists are former poet laureate Sir Andrew Motion and author Sue Limb. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 15 | 05 | Jackie Collins | 20120217 | 20170724 (BBC7) 20170725 (BBC7) | James Walton tests Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Jane Thynne and Mark Billingham. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 15 | 06 | H G Wells | 20120224 | 20170731 (BBC7) 20170801 (BBC7) | With journalist and critic Alex Clark and novelist and comedy writer John O'Farrell. |
| 16 | 01 | Ian Fleming | 20020403 | ||
| 17 | 01 | John Osborne | 20141005 | 20180404 (BBC7) 20180405 (BBC7) 20180407 (BBC7) 20161228 (R4) | James Walton tests Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Mark Billingham and Lynne Truss. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 17 | 02 | Jilly Cooper | 20141012 | 20180411 (BBC7) 20180412 (BBC7) 20170104 (R4) | James Walton tests Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Jane Thynne and John O'Farrell. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 17 | 03 | Gerard Manley Hopkins | 20141019 | 20180418 (BBC7) 20180419 (BBC7) 20170111 (R4) | James Walton tests Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Russell Davies and Sue Limb. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 17 | 04 | Jerome K Jerome | 20180425 | 20180426 (BBC7) 20170118 (R4) | James Walton tests Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Mark Billingham and Lynne Truss. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 17 | 05 | Henry Fielding | 20141102 | 20180502 (BBC7) 20180503 (BBC7) 20170125 (R4) | Guests Jane Thynne and John O'Farrell join team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh. The radio panel game of literary correctness |
| 17 | 06 | Virginia Woolf | 20141109 | 20180509 (BBC7) 20180510 (BBC7) 20170201 (R4) | Guests Russell Davies and Sue Limb join team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh. The radio panel game of literary correctness |